#174 G Update and the Reason for Context in Dog Training

In this episode, we talk about G's progress and then go into a discussion about how dogs (like we do) need some context for what they are learning.  If they have a mindset of responding, learning and knowing that when you work with them, there is a good reason, they will like being trained.  Much of what we ask our dogs to do in alien to what they normally do, or very far from a natural thing.  Starting to hunt is confusing if a dog has never learned some of the behaviors and expectations before their first time on the playing field.  Preparation is the answer to all of this, and it isn't a hard thing to do.

Side note, the audiobook Training the Pointing Labrador is about to show up, available on amazon and there is a link on my website, where the book is being sold without my Amazonian competitor markups.  www.Batesworks.net  Drop by for a visit.